In my blog post yesterday, Passionate, I said that
God wants us to love Him passionately, so to be true followers of God we must love God passionately, with more passion than we show for anything or anyone else in this world.
But what does passion actually involve?
Here’s the dictionary definition of passion:
- ardent love or affection
- intense sexual love
- a strong affection or enthusiasm for an object, concept, etc. a passion for poetry
- any strongly felt emotion, such as love, hate, envy, etc.
- a state or outburst of extreme anger he flew into a passion
- the object of an intense desire, ardent affection, or enthusiasm
- an outburst expressing intense emotion he burst into a passion of sobs
- (Philosophy) Philosophy – any state of the mind in which it is affected by something external, such as perception, desire, etc., as contrasted with action, or feelings, desires or emotions, as contrasted with reason
- (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the sufferings and death of a Christian martyr
God wants us to be passionate about Him, but he also wants us to show compassion to those we meet and talk to. We live in a world that seems to do everything at 100 miles an hour, and at that speed there’s no time for people to show compassion for one another.
Take a step back from your busy life and take some time out to show compassion for those around you – it may just be what someone has been needing to help them through a difficult time.
The Distinct Dot 